Barrowmore Limited

Analysis

Barrowmore Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05988028). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Barrowmore Limited reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.5m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.3m (+15%), an average of +3.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Barrowmore Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hargreaves Foundation (£1.3m), Music Minds Matter (£1.3m) and Arrahma Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, investments 36% and trading 14%. Charitable activities took 67% of spending and raising funds 33%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.